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Sizewell C works with Suffolk to get local people into training and back into work

Young people in Suffolk are to receive training to get them back into work thanks to Sizewell C, Suffolk’s proposed new power station. Sizewell C has worked alongside two local charities, Access Community Trust and Inspire Suffolk, since 2019 to improve access to training in skills the project and wider region will need. In this […]

Sizewell C school roadshow hits 1,500 student milestone

More than 1,500 students in Suffolk have been told about the potential employment and training benefits from the proposed Sizewell C power station as part of a Schools Roadshow organised by EDF Energy. Events have been held at schools and colleges across the county to raise awareness about the project which could provide around 25,000 […]

New partnership will help people from Suffolk to get jobs at Sizewell C

Sizewell C has joined forces with Inspire Suffolk and Access Community Trust to ensure people in the Leiston, Saxmundham, Ipswich and Lowestoft areas can access the thousands of jobs and apprenticeships at the planned power station. The new partnership will bring a new community hub to Leiston offering a Youth Employment Service which is jointly […]

Students urge ministers to ‘give us a future’

Young people from East Coast College call upon the Government to back Sizewell C. The students write to senior ministers highlighting the 1500 apprenticeships and 25,000 high skilled jobs the project will deliver The student letters come as unemployment in Suffolk rises 75% as Government furlough scheme ends. Students from East Coast College in […]

Sizewell C aims to employ 1,500 apprentices

Sizewell C is increasing the number of apprentices it is aiming to employ from 1,000 to 1,500. A range of opportunities from conventional to degree level apprenticeships will be offered if construction of the new nuclear power station goes ahead. Apprentices will be trained in a wide variety of construction and mechanical roles including degree-level […]

25k jobs to build Sizewell C boosting post-pandemic economy

A new nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast, with the creation of up to 25,000 jobs during construction, will be a flagship infrastructure project for the post-pandemic economy. Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union with members spanning energy and construction, has thrown its support behind the application by French energy giant EDF to the […]

National Apprenticeship Week attracts students to Sizewell B

Today, dozens of engineering students from Suffolk One enjoyed a look behind the scenes of a working power station as part of activities being held at Sizewell B on National Apprenticeship Week. Over 40 students studying for their B-Tech Level 3 in Engineering brought their studies to life as they visited Sizewell B to see […]

Female students discover more about energy and construction sectors

Over fifty female students from colleges across Suffolk and Norfolk are to be wowed by an interactive tech fair and visit to Sizewell B nuclear power station this week in a bid to encourage more girls into the energy and construction sectors. Thanks to support from local businesses the Year 8 students will get to […]

EDF sees more women apprentices graduate from training programme

EDF Energy is welcoming more and more women into its apprentice scheme, the company’s new CEO Simone Rossi told an audience of graduating apprentices and their families. Simone was attending the EDF Energy apprentice graduation ceremony for the first time and before the formal awards met with the former apprentices and their families. Sizewell B […]

EDF demonstrates support for young learners and teachers in Suffolk

EDF Energy, one of Suffolk’s leading employers, has announced it is to be a Patron of Suffolk’s Young Chamber. The announcement was made at Suffolk’s first Festival of Learning event held at the University of Suffolk today and follows the energy company’s sponsorship of the annual Suffolk Skills Show earlier this week. EDF Energy, which operates Sizewell […]